Tag Archives: Don Luskin

FreedomFest, Las Vegas — July 14 to July 16 — [EVENT]

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Don Luskin alerts me about FredomFest 2011, featuring Peter Schiff and others. Enjoy.

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Justin Wolfers should have his own Wikipedia entry.

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Any Wikipedian out there willing to start off his page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Wolfers – Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Steve Levitt, and even Don Luskin and Robert Scoble, have their own Wikipedia entry. Why not Wolfers???… I realized that when I updated my … Continue reading →

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Can you think of another name to add in this list?

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Acknowledments – Friedrich August von Hayek (an economist who introduced, among other things, the concept of the market as an information aggregation tool in The Use of Knowledge in Society, and the 1974 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics); … Continue reading →

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Event Futures Trading vs. Stock Trading

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Jason Ruspini and Caveat Bettor (who both are experienced Wall Street professionals) were kind enough to post a comment on my Don Luskin & Jeremy Siegel post. — Jason Ruspini: Active trading is very difficult. Most people should just invest … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Investors vs. Day Traders || Index Funds vs. Managed Funds

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Jeremy Siegel and Don Luskin are interviewed on these topics by CNBC Larry Kudlaw. While I was watching the segment, I tried to think hard at the similarities and differences between stock trading and event futures trading. If Jason Ruspini … Continue reading →

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How the Standard & Poor’s will rate our developed countries in the future, if nothing changes.

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Don Luskin:

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For many economists, questioning free-market orthodoxy is akin to expressing a belief in intelligent design at a Darwin convention: Those who doubt the naturally beneficial workings of the market are considered either deluded or crazy.

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

A reader of Don Luskin’s blog tells you more about these two lines from the New York Times.

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Last February, blogger Donald Luskin made the switch from TradeSports to InTrade.

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

- 48 mentions of “TradeSports” in the archives of his blog. – Since February 25, 2007, Don Luskin started using the “InTrade” brand name (two times). Previous: TradeSports, incorporated in The Netherlands Antilles… but owned and OPERATED by an Irish-incorporated … Continue reading →

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In search of a tipping point for TradeSports-InTrade

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite on the Vietnam War: To say we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To say that we are … Continue reading →

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Don Luskin gave up on TradeSports.

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Sadly, I see that Don Luskin (a friend of prediction markets) has not cited any of the TradeSports probabilities since January 12, 2007. His last story tells it all: TRADESPORTS SCREWS UP YET AGAIN. Previous: A Big Trader’s Open Letter … Continue reading →

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